iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Stock Short Interest Report for October

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 31,296 shares, a decrease of 80.3% from the September 30th total of 158,866 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 252,087 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of SUSB. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 670,797 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,814,000 after buying an additional 51,627 shares in the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $3,000,000. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 11.0% during the 1st quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 94,598 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,369,000 after acquiring an additional 9,402 shares during the last quarter. Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $2,049,000. Finally, CX Institutional increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.2% in the second quarter. CX Institutional now owns 41,406 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,035,000 after acquiring an additional 1,656 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of SUSB stock opened at $24.53 on Tuesday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $24.30 and a 52-week high of $25.39. The business’s fifty day moving average is $24.59 and its 200 day moving average is $24.94.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.0960 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.0957. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $1.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.7%.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.